Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom.

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Cinder Track Gateway – Whitby Harbour loop from Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre

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Whitby Abbey – Whitby Harbour loop from Robin Hood's Bay

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Whitby Harbour – Cinder Track Gateway loop from Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre

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Elevation 50 m

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Location: Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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Whitby Abbey

Whitby Abbey

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Cinder Track Gateway – Whitby Harbour loop from Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre

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Whitby Abbey – Whitby Harbour loop from Robin Hood's Bay

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Whitby Harbour – Cinder Track Gateway loop from Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre

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